Ecosystem services research in contrasting socio-ecological contexts of Argentina: critical assessment and future directions

In Argentina, agricultural expansion and intensification has stimulated the utilization of the ecosystem services (ES) approach to understand the consequences of land-use and land-cover changes. However, Argentina's increasing trends of environmental degradation and social conflict due to agricultur...

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Autores principales: Mastrangelo, Matías Enrique, Weyland, Federico, Herrera, Lorena Paola, Villarino, Sebastian Horacio, Barral, Maria Paula, Auer, Alejandra Denise
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Acceso en línea:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041615300292
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4230
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.001
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author Mastrangelo, Matías Enrique
Weyland, Federico
Herrera, Lorena Paola
Villarino, Sebastian Horacio
Barral, Maria Paula
Auer, Alejandra Denise
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Barral, Maria Paula
Herrera, Lorena Paola
Mastrangelo, Matías Enrique
Villarino, Sebastian Horacio
Weyland, Federico
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Weyland, Federico
Herrera, Lorena Paola
Villarino, Sebastian Horacio
Barral, Maria Paula
Auer, Alejandra Denise
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description In Argentina, agricultural expansion and intensification has stimulated the utilization of the ecosystem services (ES) approach to understand the consequences of land-use and land-cover changes. However, Argentina's increasing trends of environmental degradation and social conflict due to agriculture continue unabated. We qualitatively analyzed 24 published ES studies done in either the temperate Pampean (context of consolidated agriculture) or subtropical extra-Pampean regions (context of expanding agriculture), in order to identify country-level and context-specific research needs and gaps, and propose ways to address them. We observed that ES studies in both contexts: (i) tended to focus much more on the biophysical, supply-side of the ES cascade than on the assessment of cultural ES and benefits, (ii) invested more effort in describing coarse ecological patterns/processes than in producing locally-adapted knowledge through stakeholder participation, and (iii) were poorly articulated with decision-making processes regarding sustainable ecosystem management. Despite this, some ES studies performed in the context of expanding agriculture showed incipient efforts to recognize, disaggregate and involve stakeholders, and to understand ES values. To increase the applicability of ES knowledge in decision-making, “strong” transdisciplinary approaches should be implemented so that changes in ES delivery and values feedback on management decisions for reverting environmental degradation.
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spelling INTA42302019-10-29T12:36:00Z Ecosystem services research in contrasting socio-ecological contexts of Argentina: critical assessment and future directions Mastrangelo, Matías Enrique Weyland, Federico Herrera, Lorena Paola Villarino, Sebastian Horacio Barral, Maria Paula Auer, Alejandra Denise Agroecosistemas Servicios de los Ecosistemas Ecología Agricultura Utilización de la Tierra Agroecosystems Ecosystem Services Ecology Agriculture Land Use Argentina In Argentina, agricultural expansion and intensification has stimulated the utilization of the ecosystem services (ES) approach to understand the consequences of land-use and land-cover changes. However, Argentina's increasing trends of environmental degradation and social conflict due to agriculture continue unabated. We qualitatively analyzed 24 published ES studies done in either the temperate Pampean (context of consolidated agriculture) or subtropical extra-Pampean regions (context of expanding agriculture), in order to identify country-level and context-specific research needs and gaps, and propose ways to address them. We observed that ES studies in both contexts: (i) tended to focus much more on the biophysical, supply-side of the ES cascade than on the assessment of cultural ES and benefits, (ii) invested more effort in describing coarse ecological patterns/processes than in producing locally-adapted knowledge through stakeholder participation, and (iii) were poorly articulated with decision-making processes regarding sustainable ecosystem management. Despite this, some ES studies performed in the context of expanding agriculture showed incipient efforts to recognize, disaggregate and involve stakeholders, and to understand ES values. To increase the applicability of ES knowledge in decision-making, “strong” transdisciplinary approaches should be implemented so that changes in ES delivery and values feedback on management decisions for reverting environmental degradation. EEA Balcarce Fil: Mastrangelo, Matias Enrique. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Weyland, Federico. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Herrera, Lorena Paola. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Villarino, Sebastian Horacio. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Barral, Maria Paula. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Auer, Alejandra Denise. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2019-01-08T15:20:54Z 2019-01-08T15:20:54Z 2015-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041615300292 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4230 2212-0416 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.001 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Ecosystem Services 16 : 63-73 (December 2015)
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Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Ecología
Agricultura
Utilización de la Tierra
Agroecosystems
Ecosystem Services
Ecology
Agriculture
Land Use
Argentina
Mastrangelo, Matías Enrique
Weyland, Federico
Herrera, Lorena Paola
Villarino, Sebastian Horacio
Barral, Maria Paula
Auer, Alejandra Denise
Ecosystem services research in contrasting socio-ecological contexts of Argentina: critical assessment and future directions
title Ecosystem services research in contrasting socio-ecological contexts of Argentina: critical assessment and future directions
title_full Ecosystem services research in contrasting socio-ecological contexts of Argentina: critical assessment and future directions
title_fullStr Ecosystem services research in contrasting socio-ecological contexts of Argentina: critical assessment and future directions
title_full_unstemmed Ecosystem services research in contrasting socio-ecological contexts of Argentina: critical assessment and future directions
title_short Ecosystem services research in contrasting socio-ecological contexts of Argentina: critical assessment and future directions
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topic Agroecosistemas
Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Ecología
Agricultura
Utilización de la Tierra
Agroecosystems
Ecosystem Services
Ecology
Agriculture
Land Use
Argentina
url https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041615300292
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.001
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